(I believe to the second part of
davem's last post I have nothing to add, I think I voiced all my thoughts on this matter in the previous.)
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Originally Posted by davem
Hence, I don't see that just because Sauron lived in a tower that Galadriel necessarily would - however corrupted by the Ring she became. The choice of whether one lives in a massive tower or a great tree is not a matter of how 'evil' one is.
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Only to this, I think you still misunderstand what I am trying to say - it is NOT a measure of how evil one is. Galadriel could live in the mallorn tree and be as "evil" as Sauron. And of course, I am not speaking literally here, it could be building the Tower, as well as making the Orcs, as well as making Ringwraith or anything else. But, 1. Sauron preferred the tower, hence, when Galadriel would become largely tainted by Sauron's will (meaning
personality, not just lust for power), she would - let's say - build the tower. And 2., Tolkien shows us that, at least in Middle-Earth, one of the main traits of evil is that it is uncaring, reckless destruction - Sauron wreaks destruction just "by the way", because he does not care. His Orcs need to get past the valley, and they do not care that they destroy the flowers blossoming there. It has something to do with the image of "industrialism", as we know, and with Galadriel it would, of course, go differently. But I believe not that much differently. Galadriel, in her plans - or Sam, for example - could make great wonderful gardens (the much as Sauron or Saruman made great forges and roads), but could, for example, lay ruin to Minas Tirith (or Orthanc - make the Treegarth of Orthanc, or Treegarth of Dale, or whatever else, not caring that someone else lives there who would prefer living in a "normal" city). So, "destruction" in this case does not necessarily need to mean utter destruction (even Sauron built something when he lay waste to the original place). But, such events would take place, and it could very well end in something similar to Mordor - even if it were only in the general feeling, this would be a Mordor of wild vegetation and flooded woodlands.